Review: SmartShare USB slimmed-down USB hub

If you use your laptop as a primary, or suddenly find yourself with way more USB peripherals than you have ports for, you’ll welcome Griffin Technology’s SmartShare USB.

The SmartShare USB is one of those products that creates an “A-HA!” moment when you see it. Very simply, it’s a USB cable that has two USB ports on it. So, you just plug it into an available USB port on your laptop or desktop and instantly have two ports at your disposal.

Even though it’s pretty obvious how it works, I did put it to the test. I plugged the SmartShare USB into an available USB port on my MacBook and then plugged my iPhone cable into one port and my Flip MinoHD into the other. Within seconds, both devices found their appropriate software and started working as if connected directly into their own USB ports.{ad}

For me this is a must-have addition to my gig bag and also something that I’ll be using daily since if I want to connect while on the go, I have to plug in my USB EVDO modem, which then blocks my other available USB port on my MacBook.